Othello Hunter

Othello Hunter
Shandong Lions
Power forward
Personal information
Date of birth May 28, 1986 (1986-05-28) (age 25)
Place of birth Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Nationality American
High school Richard J. Reynolds
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
College Ohio State
NBA Draft 2008 / Undrafted
Pro career 2008–present
League Chinese Basketball Association
Career history

Tegba Othello Hunter (born May 28, 1986) is an American professional basketball player. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

A 6'8", 225-pound power forward, Hunter played high school basketball at Richard J. Reynolds High School in his hometown of Winston-Salem.[2] After high school he attended Hillsborough Community College in Dale Mabry, Hillsborough County, FL for two years and became a part of the Ohio State University's 2006 "Thad Five" recruiting class. After playing two seasons at Ohio State University, during which he managed to post the seventh-best single-season field-goal percentage in school history, he entered the 2008 NBA Draft, in which he was not selected.

Hunter joined the Atlanta Hawks' summer league squad in the summer of 2008. In five summer league games, he posted 13.2 points per game, 2.0 assists per game and 1.2 steals per game, and led his team with 6.2 rebounds per game.

On August 11, 2008, the Hawks announced that they had signed Hunter to a contract.[3] Hunter was waived by the Hawks in January 2010.[4]

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NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Atlanta 16 0 5.8 .550 .000 .000 1.5 .1 .1 .3 1.4
2009–10 Atlanta 7 0 4.7 .333 .000 .750 1.7 .0 .0 .1 1.6
Career 23 0 5.4 .469 .000 .333 1.6 .0 .1 .3 1.4

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Atlanta 4 0 3.5 .667 .000 .000 1.5 .0 .2 .2 1.0
Career 4 0 3.5 .667 .000 .000 1.5 .0 .2 .2 1.0

Notes

  1. ^ Othello Hunter. asia-basket.com
  2. ^ DraftExpress NBA Draft Profile
  3. ^ Hawks Sign Hunter, Gardner, August 11, 2008
  4. ^ Hawks Waive Hunter.

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